Mastering the Transition from Technical Expert to Leader
See upcoming datesCourse Overview
Increase your awareness of the common pitfalls you’ll face as you move into management, and bolster your skills and knowledge to make the transition a success.
Learn how to:
- Identify the challenges of the transition to management
- Examine the functions and roles of a manager versus a leader
- Identify the skills needed to become an effective manager and leader
- Implement effective management techniques
- Continue improving your management performance on the job
Throughout the course, your instructor will emphasize the skills required to effectively motivate and supervise others.
Who Should Attend?
- Engineers
- Engineering managers
- Technical professionals transitioning to supervisory roles
Additional Information
This course is part of the Technical Leadership Certificate.
Course Outline
Day 1
New Challenges Facing the Engineer-Manager
Key Issues Identification and Prioritization
- Define priority objectives
- Gain consensus
Getting Results Through Your Interpersonal Skills and Relationships
- Assess your communication practices at work
- Grow your team’s skill base
- Effective communication
Motivating Your Team
- How to make the right decisions?
- Risk analysis
- Sell others on your decisions
Day 2
Motivating Your Team
- Understand what really motivates your team
- Techniques for creating a motivating environment
- Get the most from your team
Systematic Approaches to Solving
People Performance Problems
- Understand the causes of why people don’t attain performance goals
- Case study on ways to improve people performance
Final Action Plan
Testimonials
"I've taken several internal management classes. This is by far the highest-quality management class I've taken. Highly recommend."
Doug Eberle, Southwest Research Institute
"I basically needed PDHs–this looked like an interesting class. It turned out to be the best in content and instruction that I have had."
Ronald Bowman, Self-employed
"Learned things I'd never been exposed to before in my education or career."
Aaron Vanmoer, Lyon County Highway Department
"Great tools to utilize and improve my skills as a manager."
Jeff Van Sickel, POWER Engineers, Inc.
"Great content – good pace – well worth taking the time."
Bob Baldwin, Southern California Edison
Instructors
Susan Ottmann
Susan Ottmann is a program director for the Office of Engineering Professional Development, UW- Madison. She is responsible for Master’s on-line degree programs in Manufacturing Engineering and teaches Leadership and Project Management courses.
Ottmann is known as a results-oriented leader with a proven track record of managing diverse global businesses. She has over twenty-five years of experience with driving P&L performance, strategy, commercial execution, new product development, M&A, operations, and supply chain. Susan built her success by building effective teams and working to deliver financial results, market share gain, customer focus, and employee satisfaction. Ottmann spent ten years leading large global teams for Danaher and Thermo Fisher Scientific, each with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. She spent the prior sixteen years with Schneider Electric in Operations, Marketing, Product Development, and Supply Chain roles.
Heather Smith
Heather Smith is a program director for the Office of Engineering Professional Development, UW-Madison. She is responsible for the on-line Master’s degree program in Engineering Management and teaches Leadership and Project Management courses.
Heather is known as a motivational leader with a focus on adaptability and risk management. She has over eighteen years of experience in the test and measurement sector at National Instruments as both an engineer and a leader. She has a track record of leading high-risk projects for consumer electronics, RF, solar, and the oil and gas industries. Her strength is a focus on international projects bringing together a diverse set of partners, suppliers and customers onto teams dedicated to the project goal. She credits her success to building a team culture of trust and respect. She believes the key to building a successful team and company lies in candor, encouraging continuous learning, and building a listening culture.
Upcoming dates (1)
May 17-20, 2021
$1,695
Mastering the Transition from Technical Expert to Leader
Location: Online
Course #: RA00014-C102
Fee: $1,695
Fee
- $1,695
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Fee covers live online course instruction and materials.
Credit(s)
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
Schedule
Logon and access online course space and materials: 8:00 AM Central Time
Course begins: 8:30 AM Central Time
Course ends: 12:30 PM Central Time
Plus, offline homework assignments each night. These exercises will take approx. 30 minutes.
Course Notes
Course will be broken into online modules. Each module will include content overview, individual and group exercises, discussion and wrap-up. Three ten-minute breaks will be included at approx. 9:50 and 10:50 and 11:50. Each day there will be individual assignments to be completed outside of class. These exercises will take approx. 30 minutes.
This course is part of the Technical Leadership Certificate. Course may be taken individually as well.
Instructor(s)
Susan Ottmann, Heather SmithLocation
This is an online course.Cancellation Policy
Once you have accessed the online course and materials, no cancellations or refunds are permitted.
Mastering the Transition from Technical Expert to Leader
Course #: RA00014Mastering the Transition from Technical Expert to Leader
Date: Mon. October 12, 2020 – Thu. October 15, 2020ID: RA00014-U363
Fee:
- $1,495
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Fee covers live online course instruction and materials.
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
Mastering the Transition from Technical Expert to Leader
Date: Tue. May 14, 2019 – Wed. May 15, 2019ID: RA00014-T363
Fee:
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